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When do planets orbit a star?
When don't they? If a planet is in orbit around a star, it is in continual orbit. Orbital periods (the lengths of time it takes different planets to complete one orbit) are different from planet to planet, and are related to the distances between the planets and their stars.
When planets orbit a star?
When don't they? If a planet is in orbit around a star, it is in continual orbit. Orbital periods (the lengths of time it takes different planets to complete one orbit) are different from planet to planet, and are related to the distances between the planets and their stars.
What term do astronomers use for the time it takes for a planet to orbit the sun relative to the stars?
Astronomers use the term "sidereal period" to describe the time it takes for a planet to orbit the sun relative to the stars. Sidereal periods are measured based on the apparent motion of a planet against the background of fixed stars rather than against the sun. This allows for more precise measurements of a planet's orbital period.
What Kepler's second law?
In modern English rather that renaissance Polish, "The radius vector of the planet's orbit(the line from the sun to the planet) sweeps over equal areas in equal time periods."One thing this implies is that the closer the planet is to the sun in its orbit, the fasterit moves in its orbit.
What is a ellipse used for?
Describe the orbit of a planet (or other body in the Solar system) about the Sun.
When you say that a planet has a highly eccentric orbit you means that?
The orbit of a planet is highly eccentric when it is more elongated rather than circular. This means the planet's distance from the sun varies significantly throughout its orbit, resulting in periods of being closer and then farther away from the sun.
Which planet will complete its first orbit since 1846?
Neptune, the furthest planet from our sun.
Which planet was the first to be found inside the orbit of Jupiter and is the fourth planet from the sun?
Mars
If you leave Earth travelling toward the Sun which planet do you come to first?
It depends on where the planets are in their orbit: you may not come to any. You will come to Venus's orbit first.
If there are rings orbiting my planet describe them Jupiter?
Yes. The rings of Uranus are composed of material in orbit around the planet.
What planet do comets orbit?
Comets don't orbit a planet, they orbit the sun.
What is the term to describe the orbit of a planet?
Things that orbit around other things are called satellites, manufactured or not.
